Orson Scott Card Quotes
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I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary.
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I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.
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I love pretending to be other people. The more unlike me they are the better - I find other people endlessly fascinating and myself incredibly boring.
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I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
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I take my Bible with me, sometimes two of them, when I travel.
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'Prison Notebooks' gives me a basic understanding of how power can influence people through cultural products and intellectual groups, so they will voluntarily support the hegemony.
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I know I've got to just keep throwing the ball. That's what I do best.
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I believe the House of Representatives is exactly the place where immigration reform should take place. Our entire House is elected every two years. We're the people closest to the people.
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I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.
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Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.
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A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
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Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
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Living with a stammer is difficult. It's a daily uphill struggle with emotional baggage weighing you down. You can't be the person you want to be.
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Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.
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It must be done like lightning.
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I still care about people but it would be so much easier not to care. I don't want to get to close: I don't like to touch things, that's why my work is so distant from myself Nicolas Love, April 1987
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My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.
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It's nice to help remember somebody who really made a very positive difference in the world.
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To be honest, I've always been really interested in the role of the host, whether it's our kind of Billy Crystal-style traditional awards show host or when you have someone like Louis C.K. or a more edgy stand-up comedian do their take on a hosting role.
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I understand what training camp is for. It's needed. It's necessary, so it's just one of those things that you have to put yourself through and it makes you better. It gets you in good shape, so it's necessary.
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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
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My hands are clean, but not because I wasn't prepared to bloody them.
